People and skills Powering Australia’s future

Our vision is to create “sustainability and excellence in Australia’s power engineering”.

API Bursary networking functions around Australia

We have been holding API Bursary networking functions around Australia between bursary holders and industry

E.S. Cornwall Scholarship

The scholarship is open to engineering graduates from all Queensland Universities. Applications are open and close on 30 September 2010.

The scholarship was established in 1956 as a memorial to Edward Satchwell Cornwall, general manager and director of the Southern Electric Authority of Queensland.

Read more about the E.S. Cornwall Scholarship

What will Australia be like in the year 2050

“What will Australia be like in the year 2050” was the subject of the 2009 Essay competition. Entries were judged in the context of the ATSE Symposium Theme “Future-Proofing Australia – Rising to the Challenge of Climate Change”, taking into consideration the relevance to the theme, understanding of underlying issues, evaluation of alternative technologies, presentation and originality of the essay.

Robert Bartlett from The University of Queensland, Genevieve Beart from the University of Melbourne, Jerom Fox from Queensland University of Technology and Beata Khaidurova from Monash University, are the four national winners of the jointly sponsored ATSE (Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering) and API Essay Competition.”

The winning essays were selected from the total of twenty two submissions by the current API Bursary holders. All the entrants were offered complimentary registration to the 32nd ATSE National Symposium and each winner received the prize of $2,000 at the Cocktail Party on Monday 16 November 2009.

API congratulates the four winners and thanks all the entrants for their participation.

To read the full winning essays click_here

Current initiatives

• QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER May 10.
• Strategic and Action Plan section.
• API Funding of Activities in universities in 2008/09.
• Student Information Section.

The Australian Power Institute(API) is a not for profit national organization established by the electricity power industry to boost the quality and numbers of power engineering graduates with the skills and motivation for a career in the energy industry which encompasses:

• Generation utilities
• Transmission utilities
• Distribution utilities
• Manufacturers and suppliers to the industry
• Consultants to the industry
• End users of electricity in their operations

Recent research estimated that there are currently approximately 5000 power engineering professionals in the industry and it is forecast that 700-1000 additional graduates will be needed in the next 5 years to meet growth and retirements from the industry.

Whilst the economic challenges of 2008/09 will have an impact on the future, it is generally forecast that the need for "real engineering" as opposed to "financial engineering" of the recent past will definitely be needed to address the infrastructure (all governments are increasing their spend as a response to the economic situation) and climate change challenges of the future.....professional technical skills will continue to be in demand!

The key objectives of API

• Attract students to consider power engineering as an exciting whole of life career choice.
• Facilitate world class undergraduate power engineering courses and academic resources available to students.
• Provide value adding post graduate development and applied research to industry.
• Position API as a vibrant, well respected organization by key stakeholders ie industry, universities and government.